Tunisia has participated one times in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005, as a representative from Africa after winning the 2004 African Cup of Nations. From its only participation, the team was content with the group stage.
| FIFA Confederations Cup record | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Squad | ||||||||
| 1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 1995 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | |||||||||||
 1999 | |||||||||||
  2001 | |||||||||||
 2003 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Squad | [1] | |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
 2013 | |||||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | |||
| Year | Stage | Date | Opponent | Result | Tunisia scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | 1 | Group stage | 15 June 2005 | 1–2 | [2] [3] | ||
| 2 | Group stage | 18 June 2005 | 0–3 | — | [4] [5] | |||
| 3 | Group stage | 21 June 2005 | 2–0 | [6] [7] |
The Tunisian team, winning their first African Cup of Nations title, enabled them to qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where they participated in a tough group including hosts Germany, Argentina and Australia. The opening match of this tournament was between Tunisia and Argentina, Tunisia lost by a narrow margin 1–2.[8] In the second match, the Tunisians resisted until the 74th minute, where they conceded three goals from the German team to end the match,[9] while in the third match they managed to beat Australia 2–0,[10] to leave good impressions.
See main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A. --------
| Versus | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Def | First match date | Last match date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 15 June 2005 | 15 June 2005 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 21 June 2005 | 21 June 2005 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | –3 | 18 June 2005 | 18 June 2005 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 15 June 2005 | 18 June 2005 |
| Rank | Player | 2005 | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francileudo Santos | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | Haykel Guemamdia | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | ||